Let’s get this straight. There is really low support for almost all the protests against lockdown + really high support for #COVIDー19 restrictions. A few people standing outside some government offices should not be distorting media coverage or policy #thread #corona 1/5

Only 23% of Americans support the anti-lockdown protests, while 71% - including a majority of #Republicans - are more worried about lifting restrictions too soon than lifting them too slowly. 2/5 #lockdownprotest #coronausa #usa https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/yahoo-news-you-gov-coronavirus-poll-most-americans-reject-antilockdown-protests-124259347.html

The same turns out to be true in India, where only 9% of people support re-opening schools and most tweets about the topic have been positive about corona restrictions. 3/5 #IndiaFightsCorona #india #Coronaindia #Covid_19india https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152888/

Even in #Brazil, where President @jairbolsonaro is in fully fledged corona denialism, 73% of people favour a “complete lockdown”. 4/5 #coronainbrazil #COVID__19 #covid19 #coronavirus https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106034/public-opinion-lockdown-coronavirus-brazil/?utm_souce=Blog&utm_medium=RSS

The same seems to be true in much of Africa - 68% of Kenyans support a lockdown while 97% of Nigerians say they are prepared to quarantine if they get sick or are at risk of doing so. 5/5 #CovidNGR #coronavirusnigeria #CoronaVirusInNigeria https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenyans-want-total-lockdown-as-Covid-19-cases-rise/1056-5515334-view-asAMP-1tq083z/index.html

So long story short. The public seems to be generally fearful of #COVIDー19 and they are willing to support lockdowns to keep them safe. Right now, there is very little support for anti-lockdown protests or removing restrictions. #coronavirus #corona